ANALYSIS: Jobs Report Gives Legal Workers a Fresh Start in 2021

April 2, 2021, 6:14 PM UTC

Like a spring rain shower, the latest employment figures for legal occupations, released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wash away several months of winter doldrums: March shows undeniable and wide-ranging improvement.

The unemployment rate for workers in legal occupations dipped to 2.3% in March, putting a stop to three straight months of increases. The decrease returns the jobless rate for legal workers to its December 2020 level, effectively wiping out a disastrous start to the year in which the rate rose to a six-month high of 3.3% in February.

Both male and female legal workers experienced a decline ...

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